Developing an instrument for measuring Six Sigma implementation

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-452

  Jones, Erick C ^a   Parast, Mahour Mellat ^b   Adams, Stephanie G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b School of Business Administration   (United States)

^c Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

PDCA; Plan do check act; Process improvement; Quality management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960509776     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.041241     Document Type: Article

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